Title says it all. I recently got a new antenna and decided to do a full band scan and came across stand up comedy on 959.7500mHz. I listened long enough to learn it was 1060am (A local am radio station in Calgary) Does anyone know why this is coming up on this frequency? I found it interesting.
Funny 1060am on 959.75mHz
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You have actually stumbled on what is known in broadcasting as an STL (Studio Transmitter Link). Many stations feed programming from their studio locations to the actual Transmitter sites via UHF radio links (STL). These signals are usually very narrowly focused by using high gain yagi (beam) antennas and are often not easy to hear UNLESS you are right in the narrow path of that STL signal. The 900 mHz spectrum is where many STLs are authorized to operate.
Radio stations have a couple ways of getting their audio from the studio to the transmitter site. One is by telephone/internet, the other is by studio-to-transmitter link (STL) which is what you're hearing.
SP 450 MHz — Spectrum Utilization Policy for the Frequency Bands 450-451 MHz and 455-456 MHz and also Part of the 150 MHz Band Used in Support of Broadcasting Operations and the Frequency Band 409-410 MHz and 420-421 MHz Used by the Mobile Radi
SP 944 MHz
SP 450 MHz — Spectrum Utilization Policy for the Frequency Bands 450-451 MHz and 455-456 MHz and also Part of the 150 MHz Band Used in Support of Broadcasting Operations and the Frequency Band 409-410 MHz and 420-421 MHz Used by the Mobile Radi
SP 944 MHz
Further, that frequency is licensed to CFCN Broadcast House, SHEPARD, ALBERTA-CFCN AM SITE BELL MEDIA INC. (FORMERLY) ASTRAL MEDIA RADIO G.P. on the Spectrum Direct website at: Home - Spectrum Direct if you have not used that site before.
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